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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1894
Page
4
A London Truth correspondent mocks marriage with warped proverbs about matrimony and divorce. The piece contrasts witty epigrams with a Georgia river tale: a red tailed hawk wrestles a water turtle, both killed by the man who witnessed the struggle.
A magazine writer questions a charge that Methuselah spoke for Asia in ancient times and defends the venerable figure. The piece argues no record exists of 969 years of activity and suggests contemporary legislatures are similarly difficult to reform.
The piece explains how tiny time intervals matter. It notes a light wave crossing 185000 miles in a fraction of a second and the Earth’s orbital speed near twenty miles per second. It cites a tuning fork vibrating 870 times per second to produce the note A.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Minnie chides Mannie for not crying during a second act scene, lamenting the lack of shivery music and the audience’s expected reaction. The exchange highlights theatrical melodrama and audience mood.
M Hiznano announces plans to open about 45 kilometers more of the Panama Canal and then seek funding to complete the project. He warns the move could echo past nearly finished initiatives and seeks support to advance the work.
Mrs Murdoc unleashes a comically sharp tirade at home over a domestic dispute. The scene follows Eliza Murdoc venting at her husband as he tries to calm her with mild protests. The exchange grows increasingly heated before she quiets, leaving him to wonder who is to blame.
Emperor Wilhelm bestows five colonelcies on prominent women, a new move to elevate the army. The Empress Frederick, Princess Frederick Charles, and Queen Victoria are among the precedents, with public demonstrations of their regimental leadership noted.
A local note from Xenia Ohio profiles Ben Powell a four foot dwarf born in 1800s Kentucky. He has sired twenty one children with one wife since 1865 all single births. His wife has twenty four children from prior service and three children before marriage. Sixteen of their offspring have died and he cannot locate all their graves.
During the Paris cholera outbreak local doctors estimated an acclimated person in clean quarters with standard precautions had about a 1 in 1000 chance of contracting the disease. Unacclimated Americans faced roughly 1 in 500, while one long resident reported no acquaintances struck.
Mrs. Rollins notes Bermuda daily life where driver and washerwoman supply abundant blooms every day, though New York prices would be higher. Local shopkeepers resent demands as customers rush in, with one merchant explaining a shortage by saying buyers depleted stock as fast as it arrived.
Ancient Greek temples to Asclepius served the sick from the Trojan era until around 400 AD. Priests offered bedside healing, dreams as oracles, and votive tablets. over time priestly mysticism gave way to practical medicine and eventual decline due to fraud and commercial exploitation.
A report discusses diamond hardness through cutting and polishing. Experiments show sharpening edges by grinding improves ruler use, with a four year durable knife edge. G F Kunz notes easy identification of real diamonds by scratch tests and a simple dark room test.
In Paris nothing is wasted and scraps become profit. Old provisions tins yield melted lead and usable tin for toys, boots reveal sound pieces, paper scraps feed cardboard, orange peels go to marmalade, and hair fetches two francs per kilo for various uses. The piece notes the surprising efficiency and oddities of salvage practices.
Simon Askins recalls Dry Lake in Lassen County as a natural whispering gallery with eerie acoustics. He, a veteran of the Modoc War, describes surrounding lava beds, Pitt River mountains, and pine forests, noting sounds travel far and the area may reveal hidden caves or rivers. He warns movement once carried across the landscape, aiding defense against Native American forces.
A sailboat carrying 22 excursion party members from Seaford to Dell Island camp meeting capsized in the bay on the return trip Sunday afternoon. The incident was reported from Bridgeville via a special dispatch to The Evening Journal. Unverified reports stated the vessel sank due to bad management and all aboard perished.
The first car of new wheat arrived Saturday from near Fargo and reached Duktu on August 15, ten days earlier than last year’s first car and earlier than any prior season. Grain men predict a 150,000,000 bushel yield across three states with Duluth likely to handle about a third.
The first session of the Indian school teachers' institute opened at the capitol at 2 p m with fair attendance. An address of welcome was given by M J Costello and brief responses were made by members of the institute.
The Canal at Edgemont is now practically complete after over a year of construction. It will provide water power for manufacturing with a large woolen mill already under construction. Twelve thousand acres of prime farming land will be watered aiding prospects.
H B Bleigh arrived from Mutore South Dakota after traveling over 1600 miles with a team and wagon pack in 33 days. He, 75, returns to resume life on his South Dakota farm and old homestead in Albion New York.
In Kansas City it is announced that Colonel J. G. Holliday of Topeka will be appointed by Judge Caldwell as receiver of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe to succeed Reinhart. The court martial of Major Worth at Fort Omaha has begun, charged with ordering Private Cedarquist to rifle practice on a Sunday.
A Minneapolis Tribune spectator recalls a draw poker misfortune where a young player flopped a king queen jack ten diamond straight flush only to lose the pot after the dealer drew and showed four aces. The tale notes the rare feat and the speaker’s rattled nerves, vowing never to hold such a hand again.
Washington reads that after an extra session adjournment the tariff bill cannot reach the White House before morning. It will be enrolled, signed by Speaker Crisp and Vice President Stevenson, then sent to the president who has ten days to act. Democratic lawmakers urge a signature, but AP says the president may let it become law without his signature.
Sheriff Reynolds arrived from Owatonna to arrest George Abernathy on charges of blowing up the Grant House bus and barn. A $500 reward is posted by local citizens for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for recent fires.
A tutor cites a young German student misrendering lines from a famous poem. The attempt turns on earnest phraseology with phrases like Life is but an empty dream and human form divine, but the student confuses rhythm and meaning yielding quirky, literal translations.
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